‘4.6 million voters for Edo, Ondo guber polls’
07 August 2024 |
5:12 am
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said a total of 2,629,025 registered voters are eligible to participate in the September 21 Edo State Governorship Election. The commission also disclosed that 2,053,061 registered voters would participate in the November 16 Governorship Poll in Ondo State. National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education…
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said a total of 2,629,025 registered voters are eligible to participate in the September 21 Edo State Governorship Election.
The commission also disclosed that 2,053,061 registered voters would participate in the November 16 Governorship Poll in Ondo State. National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, made the disclosure, yesterday after the commission met to approve the final register of voters for the Edo and Ondo governorship elections.
He said the register integrated new voters from the recent Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) and the figures of successful applicants for transfer from other states of the Federation to the two states. Of the 2,629,025 voters in Edo, Olumekun said 1,370,061, representing 52.11 per cent are male, while 1,258,964, indicating 47.89 per cent are female.
“Youths (18 – 35 years) account for 983,133 (37.4 per cent), middle aged (36 – 49) persons. Together, they constitute 1,897,939 (72.2 per cent) of registered voters in the state.
In terms of occupation, 868,764 students constitute the majority of voters (33.05 per cent). There are 4,199 (0.16 per cent) Persons with Disability (PWDs). The new register represents 4.9 per cent increase over the 2023 General Election figure of 2,501,081, he stated.
For Ondo State, the INEC spokesperson said of the 2,053,061 registered voters, 1,034,006 indicating 50.36 per cent are male while 1,034,964 are female. He said: Youths (18 – 35 years) account for 726,944 (35.41 per cent), followed by 721,982 (35.17 per cent) middle aged (36 – 49) persons. Together, they constitute 1,448,926 (70.57 per cent) of registered voters in the state.
“In terms of occupation, 694,938 students constitute the majority of voters There are 1,782 Persons with Disability (PWDs). Olumekun said the new register represented a three per cent increase over the 2023 General Election figure of 1,191,344.
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